Alistair Johnston finally met the Montreal press yesterday afternoon, fourteen months and three days after he first appeared on my own personal radar...
Red Bull Arena, 27 October 2020 was the first time I saw him play. Wondered who the eye-catching right-back was in yellow, as Montreal Impact toiled away in another of those unrewarding Covid ‘home’ games down in the Big Apple.
Interest soared after the commentator (I think it was TSN, from memory) happened to mention, “... the Canadian defender...”
Immediately I was... “Did he say Canadian? Where did this guy come from and how does Canada not know about him?